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{{short description|Indian actress (born 1992)}}
{{short description|Indian actress}}
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{{Infobox person
| name         = Anya Singh
| name           = Anya Singh
| image         = Anya Singh launch I Am India song (03) (cropped).jpg
| image         = Anya Singh at Bollywood Hungama OTT India Fest 2025.jpg
| caption       = Singh in 2017
| caption       = Anya Singh in 2025
| birth_name   =  
| birth_name     =
| birth_date   = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1992|12|29}}
| birth_date     =
| birth_place   = [[Delhi]], India
| birth_place   = [[London]], [[England]]<ref name="It"/>
| nationality  = Indian
| citizenship    = Indian
| other_names  =
| occupation     = Actress
| occupation   = Actress
| years_active   = 2017–present
| years_active = 2016-present
| education      = [[Mayo College Girls School]], [[Ajmer]]<br>[[Sri Venkateswara College]], [[Delhi University|University of Delhi]]<ref name="It"/>
| known_for    =  
| known_for      =
| notable_works =  
}}
}}


'''Anya Singh''' (born 29 December 1992) is an [[Indian people|Indian]] actress who made her debut in [[Bollywood]] film ''[[Lex Talionis]]'' (2016). After making her acting debut as a minor artist, Singh played her first leading role in [[Habib Faisal]]'s [[musical drama film]] ''[[Qaidi Band]]'' in 2017, alongside [[Aadar Jain]].<ref name="indianexpress">{{cite web|title=Meet Yash Raj Films' new find Anya Singh|url=http://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/bollywood/meet-yash-raj-films-new-find-anya-singh-biography-best-hd-family-hot-and-hq-photos-videos-instagram-and-more-4738039/|newspaper=[[The New Indian Express]]|access-date=8 November 2017|location=Bengaluru|date=6 July 2017|archive-date=8 November 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171108093747/http://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/bollywood/meet-yash-raj-films-new-find-anya-singh-biography-best-hd-family-hot-and-hq-photos-videos-instagram-and-more-4738039/|url-status=live}}</ref>
'''Anya Singh''' is an Indian actress from [[New Delhi]], who primarily works in [[Hindi films]] and web series. She made her debut in a leading role with the musical drama film ''[[Qaidi Band]]'' (2017), directed by [[Habib Faisal]], opposite [[Aadar Jain]].<ref name="indianexpress">{{cite web |title=Meet Yash Raj Films' new find Anya Singh |url=http://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/bollywood/meet-yash-raj-films-new-find-anya-singh-biography-best-hd-family-hot-and-hq-photos-videos-instagram-and-more-4738039/ |newspaper=[[The New Indian Express]] |access-date=8 November 2017 |location=Bengaluru |date=6 July 2017 |archive-date=8 November 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171108093747/http://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/bollywood/meet-yash-raj-films-new-find-anya-singh-biography-best-hd-family-hot-and-hq-photos-videos-instagram-and-more-4738039/ |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.deccanchronicle.com/entertainment/kollywood/020719/anya-makes-it-to-kannadi-from-qaidi-band.html |title=Anya makes it to Kannadi from Qaidi Band |work=Deccan Chronicle |date=2 July 2019 |author=Anupama Subramanian |access-date=2 July 2019 |archive-date=1 August 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190801193301/https://www.deccanchronicle.com/entertainment/kollywood/020719/anya-makes-it-to-kannadi-from-qaidi-band.html |url-status=live}}</ref> She appeared in two seasons of the web series ''[[Never Kiss Your Best Friend season 1|Never Kiss Your Best Friend]]'' (2020–2022) and in films including ''[[Kho Gaye Hum Kahan]]'' (2023) and ''[[Stree 2]]'' (2024). In 2025, she played one of the lead roles as Sanya Ahmed, a talent manager, in [[Aryan Khan]]'s [[Netflix]] series ''[[The Ba***ds of Bollywood]]''.<ref>{{cite web |title=Who is Anya Singh, the actor being noticed for Ba****ds of Bollywood once signed a three-film contract with YRF but never led any film after debut|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/bollywood/who-is-anya-singh-the-actor-being-noticed-for-bads-of-bollywood-once-signed-a-three-film-contract-with-yrf-but-never-led-any-film-after-debut-10268020/|date=24 September 2025|website=The Indian express}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Who is Anya Singh, the actress making waves as Sanya in The Ba***ds of Bollywood?|url=https://www.mid-day.com/entertainment/bollywood-news/photo/who-is-anya-singh-the-rising-star-from-the-bads-of-bollywood-107529/1|date=25 September 2025|website=Mid-Day}}</ref><ref name="Cosmopolitan">{{cite news |last1=Chowdhury |first1=Shraddha |title=Anya Singh is just getting started |url=https://www.cosmopolitan.in/celebrity/interviews/story/anya-singh-is-just-getting-started-1324355-2025-12-30 |publisher=[[Cosmopolitan (magazine)|Cosmopolitan]] |date=December 30, 2025}}</ref>
 
== Early life ==
Singh was born in [[London]] and spent her early childhood there before moving to [[New Delhi]] at the age of five. She studied at [[Mayo College Girls School]] in [[Ajmer]] and later graduated from [[Sri Venkateswara College]], [[University of Delhi]]. She trained in [[Odissi dance]] and participated in stage productions during her school and college years.<ref name="It">{{cite news |last1=Keshri |first1=Shweta |title=Anya Singh's rebirth with The Ba***ds of Bollywood: She's winning hearts and how! |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/entertainment/ott/story/anya-singh-career-and-achievements-bads-of-bollywood-aryan-khan-2793725-2025-09-26 |publisher=[[India Today]] |date=September 26, 2025 |location=[[New Delhi]]}}</ref> In 2015, she moved to [[Mumbai]] to pursue a career in acting.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Kundu |first1=Tanya |title=Launched By YRF, Featured In ‘Stree 2’: Meet Anya Singh, Who Turned Down Ranbir In ‘The Ba***ds Of Bollywood’ |url=https://www.idiva.com/entertainment/bollywood/who-is-the-bads-of-bollywood-actor-anya-singh/18093734?utm_source=chatgpt.com |publisher=Idiva.com}}</ref>


==Filmography==
==Filmography==
{| class="wikitable"
;Films
|+Key
!scope="row" |{{dagger}}
|Indicates a film that has not yet been released
|}
{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders"
{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders"
|-
|-
! scope="col" | Year
! scope="col" | Year
! scope="col" | Title{{efn|The films are listed in order of release date.}}
! scope="col" | Title{{efn|The films are listed in order of release date.}}
! scope="col" | Role(s)
! scope="col" | Role
! scope="col" class="unsortable" | Notes
! scope="col" class="unsortable" | Notes
! scope="col" class="unsortable" | {{abbr|Ref.|Reference}}
! scope="col" class="unsortable" | {{abbr|Ref.|Reference}}
|-
| 2016
| ''Lex Talionis''
| Wife
|
| style="text-align:center;"|
|-
|-
| 2017
| 2017
| ''[[Qaidi Band]]''
| ''[[Qaidi Band]]''
| Bindiya Chadha
| Bindiya Chadha
| Debut in Bollywood
|
| style="text-align:center;"|
|
|-
|-
|2019
| 2021
|''[[Ninu Veedani Needanu Nene]]''
| ''[[Velle (film)|Velle]]''
|Diya
| Riya
|Debut in Tollywood
|
|<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.deccanchronicle.com/entertainment/kollywood/020719/anya-makes-it-to-kannadi-from-qaidi-band.html|title=Anya makes it to Kannadi from Qaidi Band|work=Deccan Chronicle|date=2 July 2019|author=Anupama Subramanian|access-date=2 July 2019|archive-date=1 August 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190801193301/https://www.deccanchronicle.com/entertainment/kollywood/020719/anya-makes-it-to-kannadi-from-qaidi-band.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
|
|-
| 2023
| ''[[Kho Gaye Hum Kahan]]''
| Laxmi "Lala" Lalvani
|
|
|-
| 2024
| ''[[Stree 2]]''
| Chitti
|
|
|-
| 2026
| ''[[Border 2]]''<ref>{{cite news |last1=P |first1=Apurva |title=Actress Anya Singh reflects on her army roots ahead of Border 2 |url=https://www.indulgexpress.com/entertainment/2026/Jan/16/actress-anya-singh-reflects-on-her-army-roots-ahead-of-border-2 |publisher=[[Indulge Express]] |date=January 16, 2026}}</ref>
| Sudha Rawat
|
|
|-
|}
 
;Web series
{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders"
|-
|-
|2020
! scope="col" | Year
|''Never Kiss Your Best Friend''
! scope="col" | Title{{efn|The films are listed in order of release date.}}
|Tanie Brar
! scope="col" | Role(s)
|Web series
! scope="col" class="unsortable" | Notes
|<ref>{{Cite web|date=2020-01-28|title=Never Kiss Your Best Friend review: An easy-breezy show on love and friendship|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/web-series/never-kiss-your-best-friend-review-nakuul-mehta-anya-singh-6238731/|access-date=2021-07-09|website=The Indian Express|language=en}}</ref>
! scope="col" class="unsortable" | {{abbr|Ref.|Reference}}
|-
|-
|2021
|2019
|[[Never Kiss Your Best Friend (Season 1)]]
|''Pyaar Actually''
|Tanie Brar<ref>{{Cite web |date=November 26, 2021 |first=Grace |last=Cyril |title=Nakuul Mehta and Anya Singh reunite for Never Kiss Your Best Friend Season 2. See pics |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/binge-watch/story/nakuul-mehta-and-anya-singh-reunite-for-never-kiss-your-best-friend-season-2-see-pics-1881190-2021-11-26 |access-date=2022-04-18 |website=India Today |language=en}}</ref>
|Sukanya<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.firstpost.com/entertainment/y-films-announces-anthology-film-pyaar-actually-starring-bhumi-pednekar-riteish-deshmukh-saqib-salim-5317171.html | title=Y-Films announces anthology film, Pyaar Actually, starring Bhumi Pednekar, Riteish Deshmukh, Saqib Salim | date=4 October 2018 }}</ref>
|Web series
|
|
|
|-
|-
|2021
|2020
|''[[Velle (film)|Velle]]''
|[[Never Kiss Your Best Friend (Season 1)|''Never Kiss Your Best Friend'' (Season 1)]]
|Riya
|Tanie Brar<ref>{{Cite web |date=26 November 2021 |first=Grace |last=Cyril |title=Nakuul Mehta and Anya Singh reunite for Never Kiss Your Best Friend Season 2. See pics |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/binge-watch/story/nakuul-mehta-and-anya-singh-reunite-for-never-kiss-your-best-friend-season-2-see-pics-1881190-2021-11-26 |access-date=18 April 2022 |website=India Today |language=en}}</ref>
|Deven Munjal
|
|
<ref>https://www.latestly.com/socially/entertainment/bollywood/velle-abhay-deol-and-karan-deols-first-look-from-ajay-devgn-produced-film-out-check-out-the-poster-3063080.html/amp&ved=2ahUKEwj9kZfSs6D0AhX8zzgGHZkoAZIQr_oDKAB6BAgHEAE&usg=AOvVaw1N1WX4m6eoHH5ivaAbQxXf {{Dead link|date=February 2022}}</ref>
|<ref>{{Cite web |date=28 January 2020 |title=Never Kiss Your Best Friend review: An easy-breezy show on love and friendship |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/web-series/never-kiss-your-best-friend-review-nakuul-mehta-anya-singh-6238731/ |access-date=9 July 2021 |website=The Indian Express |language=en}}</ref>
|-
|-
|2022
| rowspan="2" |2022
|''[[Kaun Banegi Shikharwati]]''
|''[[Kaun Banegi Shikharwati]]''
| Rajkumari Uma
| Rajkumari Uma
|Web series
|
|
|
|-
|-
|2022
|[[Never Kiss Your Best Friend (Season 2)|''Never Kiss Your Best Friend'' (Season 2)]]
|[[Never Kiss Your Best Friend (Season 2)|''Never Kiss Your Best Friend'' (Season 2)]]
|Tanie Brar <ref>{{Cite web |title='Never Kiss Your Best Friend' season 2: Reuniting with Anya Singh was an absolute delight, says Nakuul Mehta |url=https://www.freepressjournal.in/entertainment/television/never-kiss-your-best-friend-season-2-reuniting-with-anya-singh-was-an-absolute-delight-says-nakuul-mehta |access-date=2022-04-16 |website=Free Press Journal |language=en}}</ref>
|Tanie Brar<ref>{{Cite web |title='Never Kiss Your Best Friend' season 2: Reuniting with Anya Singh was an absolute delight, says Nakuul Mehta |url=https://www.freepressjournal.in/entertainment/television/never-kiss-your-best-friend-season-2-reuniting-with-anya-singh-was-an-absolute-delight-says-nakuul-mehta |access-date=16 April 2022 |website=Free Press Journal |language=en}}</ref>
|Web-Series
|
|
|-
|2023
|''[[Jee Karda]]''
|Preet Chuharmalani
|
|<ref>{{cite news |title=Preet reminds me of myself,’ says Anya Singh on her role in Jee Karda |url=https://archive.adgully.com/preet-reminds-me-of-myself--shares-anya-singh-for-her-role-from-jee-karda-133308.html |publisher=Adgully |date=June 23, 2023}}</ref>
|-
|2025
|''[[The Ba***ds of Bollywood]]''
| Sanya Ahmed
|
|
|<ref name="Cosmopolitan"/>
|}
|}


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Latest revision as of 23:03, 11 February 2026


Anya Singh
Anya Singh in 2025
Born
London, England[1]
CitizenshipIndian
EducationMayo College Girls School, Ajmer
Sri Venkateswara College, University of Delhi[1]
OccupationActress
Years active2017–present

Anya Singh is an Indian actress from New Delhi, who primarily works in Hindi films and web series. She made her debut in a leading role with the musical drama film Qaidi Band (2017), directed by Habib Faisal, opposite Aadar Jain.[2][3] She appeared in two seasons of the web series Never Kiss Your Best Friend (2020–2022) and in films including Kho Gaye Hum Kahan (2023) and Stree 2 (2024). In 2025, she played one of the lead roles as Sanya Ahmed, a talent manager, in Aryan Khan's Netflix series The Ba***ds of Bollywood.[4][5][6]

Early life[edit | edit source]

Singh was born in London and spent her early childhood there before moving to New Delhi at the age of five. She studied at Mayo College Girls School in Ajmer and later graduated from Sri Venkateswara College, University of Delhi. She trained in Odissi dance and participated in stage productions during her school and college years.[1] In 2015, she moved to Mumbai to pursue a career in acting.[7]

Filmography[edit | edit source]

Films
Year Title[lower-alpha 1] Role Notes Ref.
2017 Qaidi Band Bindiya Chadha
2021 Velle Riya
2023 Kho Gaye Hum Kahan Laxmi "Lala" Lalvani
2024 Stree 2 Chitti
2026 Border 2[8] Sudha Rawat
Web series
Year Title[lower-alpha 2] Role(s) Notes Ref.
2019 Pyaar Actually Sukanya[9]
2020 Never Kiss Your Best Friend (Season 1) Tanie Brar[10] [11]
2022 Kaun Banegi Shikharwati Rajkumari Uma
Never Kiss Your Best Friend (Season 2) Tanie Brar[12]
2023 Jee Karda Preet Chuharmalani [13]
2025 The Ba***ds of Bollywood Sanya Ahmed [6]

Notes[edit | edit source]

Footnotes[edit | edit source]

  1. ↑ The films are listed in order of release date.
  2. ↑ The films are listed in order of release date.

References[edit | edit source]

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Keshri, Shweta (26 September 2025). "Anya Singh's rebirth with The Ba***ds of Bollywood: She's winning hearts and how!". New Delhi: India Today.
  2. ↑ "Meet Yash Raj Films' new find Anya Singh". The New Indian Express. Bengaluru. 6 July 2017. Archived from the original on 8 November 2017. Retrieved 8 November 2017.
  3. ↑ Anupama Subramanian (2 July 2019). "Anya makes it to Kannadi from Qaidi Band". Deccan Chronicle. Archived from the original on 1 August 2019. Retrieved 2 July 2019.
  4. ↑ "Who is Anya Singh, the actor being noticed for Ba****ds of Bollywood once signed a three-film contract with YRF but never led any film after debut". The Indian express. 24 September 2025.
  5. ↑ "Who is Anya Singh, the actress making waves as Sanya in The Ba***ds of Bollywood?". Mid-Day. 25 September 2025.
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 Chowdhury, Shraddha (30 December 2025). "Anya Singh is just getting started". Cosmopolitan.
  7. ↑ Kundu, Tanya. "Launched By YRF, Featured In 'Stree 2': Meet Anya Singh, Who Turned Down Ranbir In 'The Ba***ds Of Bollywood'". Idiva.com.
  8. ↑ P, Apurva (16 January 2026). "Actress Anya Singh reflects on her army roots ahead of Border 2". Indulge Express.
  9. ↑ "Y-Films announces anthology film, Pyaar Actually, starring Bhumi Pednekar, Riteish Deshmukh, Saqib Salim". 4 October 2018.
  10. ↑ Cyril, Grace (26 November 2021). "Nakuul Mehta and Anya Singh reunite for Never Kiss Your Best Friend Season 2. See pics". India Today. Retrieved 18 April 2022.
  11. ↑ "Never Kiss Your Best Friend review: An easy-breezy show on love and friendship". The Indian Express. 28 January 2020. Retrieved 9 July 2021.
  12. ↑ "'Never Kiss Your Best Friend' season 2: Reuniting with Anya Singh was an absolute delight, says Nakuul Mehta". Free Press Journal. Retrieved 16 April 2022.
  13. ↑ "Preet reminds me of myself,' says Anya Singh on her role in Jee Karda". Adgully. 23 June 2023.

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